F. Gerald Downing, M.A. (Oxford), Hon. Research Fellow, University of Manchester, has taught Biblical Studies to ordinands (mostly Anglican), between times as parish priest, but is now retired. He has contributed to many international journals and essay collections, and produced a dozen books, six in series, most recently, God with Everything. The Divine in the Discourse of the First Christian Century (SWBA 2/2; Sheffield Phoenix, 2008).

• I. ORDER1. “Let everything be done decently and in order (εὐσχημόνος καὶ κατὰ τάξιν)” (1 Cor 14.40). Unity, Order and Problems of Diversity. A. Greeks, Romans, Jews2. “Let everything be done decently and in order (εὐσχημόνος καὶ κατὰ τάξιν)” (1 Cor 14.40). Unity, Order and Problems of Diversity. B. The New Testament Authors3. Order within: Passions, Divine and Human. A. In the Wider Graeco-Roman World4. Order within: Passions, Divine and Human. B. Among late Second Temple Jews and the first Christians5. Order in Composition : ‘καθεξης σοι γράψαι’ (Luke 1.3)6. Order in Thought: Ambiguity, Ancient Semantics, and Faith7. “All things to All People”, τοις πασιν πάντα (1 Cor 9.22). (Dis)order in Thought: Free-range Reflections to engage Dio of Prusa’s and Paul’s Implied AudiencesII. LAW8. Legislation as Social Engineering in the New Testament World9. “What, then, of the Law?”, “ΤΙ ΟΥΝ Ο ΝΟΜΟΣ;” Gal 3.19. Appraisals of Law in Paul and other New Testament Writers, and in the wider Graeco-Roman World10. Justification as Acquittal? A Critical Examination of Judicial Parlance in Paul’s World11. Disorderly Court Procedure: Pliny’s Prosecutions of ChristiansIII. DISRUPTIVE RE-ORDERING12. The Baptist’s New Order13. Dissident Jesus14. Disorderly Paul

F. Gerald Downing, M.A. (Oxford), Hon. Research Fellow, University of Manchester, has taught Biblical Studies to ordinands (mostly Anglican), between times as parish priest, but is now retired. He has contributed to many international journals and essay collections, and produced a dozen books, six in series, most recently, God with Everything. The Divine in the Discourse of the First Christian Century (SWBA 2/2; Sheffield Phoenix, 2008).

• I. ORDER1. “Let everything be done decently and in order (εὐσχημόνος καὶ κατὰ τάξιν)” (1 Cor 14.40). Unity, Order and Problems of Diversity. A. Greeks, Romans, Jews2. “Let everything be done decently and in order (εὐσχημόνος καὶ κατὰ τάξιν)” (1 Cor 14.40). Unity, Order and Problems of Diversity. B. The New Testament Authors3. Order within: Passions, Divine and Human. A. In the Wider Graeco-Roman World4. Order within: Passions, Divine and Human. B. Among late Second Temple Jews and the first Christians5. Order in Composition : ‘καθεξης σοι γράψαι’ (Luke 1.3)6. Order in Thought: Ambiguity, Ancient Semantics, and Faith7. “All things to All People”, τοις πασιν πάντα (1 Cor 9.22). (Dis)order in Thought: Free-range Reflections to engage Dio of Prusa’s and Paul’s Implied AudiencesII. LAW8. Legislation as Social Engineering in the New Testament World9. “What, then, of the Law?”, “ΤΙ ΟΥΝ Ο ΝΟΜΟΣ;” Gal 3.19. Appraisals of Law in Paul and other New Testament Writers, and in the wider Graeco-Roman World10. Justification as Acquittal? A Critical Examination of Judicial Parlance in Paul’s World11. Disorderly Court Procedure: Pliny’s Prosecutions of ChristiansIII. DISRUPTIVE RE-ORDERING12. The Baptist’s New Order13. Dissident Jesus14. Disorderly Paul